Hello Karen,
I have an Iphone 4S. I do use a hardware keyboard that attaches to the back of
the phone , only slightly thickening it, yet giving me hardware tactile keys.
When one gets used to the feel, it is designed for speed. It is called a
keyboard buddy ase made by boxwave. The hardware
Kind of something annoying that just recently started happening. I looked in
the settings and couldn't find anything to toggle this off. Anytime I launch
the App store on the iPhone 4s my username and password pops up, I don't want
to buy anything I am just updating apps, and I have to hit
I was a pocket PC Windows user with Mobile speak from 2008 until my HTC Touch
PRO 2 died. Then I just went to the I phone 4. mobile Speak for Pocket Windows
was totally different as you had to tap the 4 corners of the screen if you
wanted something done like the date and time, I think it was at
Hi Alex,
Can we please have a script to announce TimeMachine status in the next version?
Whether it's currently backing up or not, how long until the next backup, time
of the last backup etcetera.
Thanks.
Nic
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that works, though getting to try a trial version first would help a lot
with that. I don't notice all the weird pronunciations being mentioned,
but I do notice Alex dropping words, e.g. while reading web pages. It's
Hey can I have more Than one iTunes account authorized on my Computer at once
my family uses it to and doesn't like my playlist when syncing with iPads
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HI all,
I just discovered shortly after purchasing Nisus Writer Pro that they offer
education pricing on their website. Essentially you just need an email address
from an academic institution. It's really very simple to do (I just tested it).
It's available from the following link:
HI,
Has anyone used Endnote or Bookends on the Mac? How accessible and easy to use
are they?
Thanks,
Nic
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Dear MacVisionaries,
I would like to point your interest to my new iOS app MouseKick. It is a game,
where you have to tap appearing mice in a cheese as fast as you can. It can be
played by both, sighted and visually impaired users. Apart from the nice
animation, the mice also do have their
First of all, sorry for the crossposting, as this is going both to mac
visionaries as well as the pt access list. I just figured most of the
people on mac visionaries probably are not going to be the most familiar
with the higher end audio stuff where as the pt access list very well may
be.
You can have multiple devices on 1 library.
Be Aware However
Having multiple devices means that whatever you have on your library, your
other devices will have 2. Anything that you might have, if the other devices
don't match what you have, the other devices will be wiped and re-synced with
Hi all,
If anyone uses google reader extensively, does anyone have a replacement reader
that syncs somewhere and can provide rss on the desktop instead of those slow
and annoying web based rss readers?
I'm trying to find the best solution, and already going through a lot of
obstacles with
For the record, I can use the keypad to make selections in menus by just using
speaker phone mode. Of course, this is not ideal for when you are out in
public, but at home I have never had to use a headset.
On Jun 27, 2013, at 12:17 AM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi,
Have you set your ID in settings? Go to settings, then iTunes and Ap Store, and
make sure your Apple ID is set there.
On Jun 27, 2013, at 3:05 AM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote:
Kind of something annoying that just recently started happening. I looked in
the settings and couldn't
I'll add it to the list to investigate. I don't use Time Machine so, if this is
possible, it might require working off-list with someone, but I will see what
can be done.
On Jun 27, 2013, at 4:10 AM, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi Alex,
Can we please have a script
What do you mean by autospeak of passcode? When I unlock my phone, Voiceover
just tells me about the passcode field, like it does for any text field, and I
enter my code.
On Jun 27, 2013, at 6:05 AM, Krysti happypuppy...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey is there a way to disable auto speak of pass code
Hi there
If you do decide to do what Pam suggested, you may want to be sure to get some
extra battery power with a juice pack or something similar to it. The front of
mine got a juice pack from Apple that is also a case for the iPhone. She's
quite happy with it.
Regards,
Gigi
Sent from my
Hi,
On the Apple extended keyboard, substitute the following:
• VO-End - Moves you to the last visible message in the Table.•
VO-Home takes you to the top most visible item in the Table.
• Press down arrow once after getting to the bottom most in the visible area
and you can start over
The short answer is No. You can have multiple Apple IDs running on your Mac
or iDevice as in, one for iTunes and another for iCloud stuff but not two in
either service.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On 2013-06-27, at 3:52 AM, Krysti happypuppy...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey can I
Hi!
OK with the iPhone you can choose what playlist's can sync or artists and other
options!
Can you not do that with a iPad!
If they have their own playlist's and just sync them and not yours!
hth Colin
On 27 Jun 2013, at 15:05, Tim Kilburn kilbur...@gmail.com wrote:
The short answer is No.
Have you tried Viana? It is free and very accessible.
On Jun 27, 2013, at 8:28 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux jamy...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
If anyone uses google reader extensively, does anyone have a replacement
reader that syncs somewhere and can provide rss on the desktop instead of
those
I don't know what all the fuss is about. dialing a number with the onscreen
keyboard is one of the easiest things to do. If you set typing mode to
touch, its even easier.
I've never needed to use the headset, just adjust the volume as needed for
the environment.
When I first went to the
I hope you don't mind me saying so but everyone is different regarding touch
screens. When I gave a demo of a touch screen at an exhibition, Even though it
was not an I phone as at that time the Iphone did not exist, people were
frightened.
On 27 Jun 2013, at 04:22 PM, Phil Halton
I could not find it in the App Store. Also, does it use anything to sync with
other apps? I don't want to use an app that won't sync to Lire or another iOS
app.
On Jun 27, 2013, at 11:05 AM, Larry Skutchan blindcoolt...@gmail.com wrote:
Have you tried Viana? It is free and very accessible.
Hi there to the list mod would it be possible to update my e-mail settings on
this list to m...@mikehuckabayshome.com thanks.
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Hi guys
Touch screens is a new concept for blind users, as we all know. Back in 2010, I
thought this was impossible for us. The folks at Apple proved me wrong. I think
a lot of us cannot even imagine how we can do it. My mother sees me do it, and
she can't believe it. So, I think it's something
Yes, my Apple ID is set in AppStrore in the settings menu. Didn't find any kind
of setting about the password though
On Jun 27, 2013, at 8:39 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote:
Have you set your ID in settings? Go to settings, then iTunes and Ap Store,
and make sure your Apple ID is set
Hey all,
After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was kind of
curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks coming to the mac. I
never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do people use it for more than
just reading books. Am I missing something here?
I have over 1,500 books in iBooks on my two iPads. I'll be happy enough to be
able to sit at the computer and read them, too. :) Being able to read the books
with a Braille display makes it all worth while, which you can do with iBooks.
Of course I also have a bunch of books in the kindle app
Hey Jane,
Thanks for the quick response, and that is what I thought everyone was so
excited about, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something as I am not
an avid reader, and just use the NLS player for all of my books, and they offer
more than enough content for me. Of course, the one
Touchscreens have existed since 2007 at least.
On 27 Jun 2013, at 05:24 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote:
Hi guys
Touch screens is a new concept for blind users, as we all know. Back in 2010,
I thought this was impossible for us. The folks at Apple proved me wrong. I
think a lot of
Wow. You can reply off list, but what books do you read from iBooks? I'd surely
not have enough money to buy 100 books or more.
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Devin prater
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Skype:
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msn:
devinpra...@live.com
On Jun 27,
You have said well. I wasn't afraid of them but I wanted nothing whatsoever to
do with it and I never had the benefit of a demonstration.
On 2013-06-27, at 8:25 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote:
I hope you don't mind me saying so but everyone is different regarding touch
screens. When
IMHO, iBooks and vo together are the most elegant solutions we have for reading
for us. VoiceOver turns pages as it reads. Very elegant.
Egun On, Lagunak! Basque for G'day, Mates
Louie P. (Pete) Nalda
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nnedI was a pocket PC Windows user with Mobile speak from 2008 until my HTC
Touch PRO 2 died. Then I just went to the I phone 4. mobile Speak for Pocket
Windows was totally different as you had to tap the 4 corners of the screen if
you wanted something done like the date and time, I think it
I have well over a hundred books from Kobo on my iPhone and on my Mac, and I'm
rapidly increasing the size of my Kindle library. I don't buy very many iBooks
as I'm in France, and the choice of English language books is limited. So my
iBooks library is limited to books in French, apart from the
Kindle works very like iBooks on the iPhone. It even makes the same
page-turning sound. I prefer Kobo on the iPhone as it reads straight through
one chapter at a time without making that noise. And because it stops at the
end of a chapter, I don't mind falling asleep listening since I know
Phil, allow me to level with you. To you and many of us, it is *not a big deal.
But do you recall what it was like when you commenced with the phone? For me at
least, having never even touched a flat screen it was brutal. Yes I got through
it but I refuse to sit here and say that it is not a
Hi,
right. In this case, I think the thing to do is create another iTunes library.
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Jun 27, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbur...@gmail.com wrote:
The short answer is No. You can have multiple
Hi,
I agree that switching from buttons and keys to all touch might be a bit scary
for some blind folks but, the concept is certainly not new. I’ve been using
touch screen devices since early 2007. The thing is, blind people are placed
in a position where the only way for them to have great
You can subscribe to Bookshare, too, and maybe the series will be there. If so
you can download as MP3 audio to play on your player, though the quality will
be that of synthesized speech. Still, better than nothing.
Jane
On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com
VO turns pages in the Kindle app, as well, thankfully! But yes, VoiceOver and
various reading solutions are great.
Jane
On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:55 PM, Pete Nalda lpna...@gmail.com wrote:
IMHO, iBooks and vo together are the most elegant solutions we have for
reading for us. VoiceOver turns
HI Brian,
Yes, iBooks is mainly for reading books, though it's also a nice way to read
any unprotected PDF files. It's generally a really good PDF and eBook reader,
and it makes available a lot of books that aren't available elsewhere in
audiobook format or from other libraries that cater to
Does Braille Touch have contracted Braille incorporated into it?? Richie
Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska.
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On Jun 26, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com
wrote:
I am new to learning braille right now and I have been using Brailletouch
pretty well but I have
of course I don't mind kawal. And, you said the operative word in your
message frightened. That is all my point is, it is fear of something new
and an unwillingness to try new things that is at the heart of it. When one
gets past that fearful insistance on sticking with the old way, they
No it doesn't as of today and the app is like six months or so old
pretty appalling in my view.
Chris
On 27/06/2013 20:47, Richie Gardenhire wrote:
Does Braille Touch have contracted Braille incorporated into it?? Richie
Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska.
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On Jun 26, 2013,
of course it was a challenge at first. but honestly, how long was it before
you were using the iPhone like an old pro? that's all I'm getting at,
someone said it perfectly, I think it was Gigi, realize that tens of
thousands of other blind people are using the iPhone everyday, therefore so
Did that and I still get the same message
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On 2013-06-27, at 3:35 PM, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
right. In this case, I think the thing to do is create another iTunes
library.
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
Twitter:@apple2thecore
Hi all,
When will these apps be accessible on the Mack?
Thank
Becky Sabo
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Just remember, if you indeed get an I phone, we are here, you can ask and ask
questions, and I for one and many others will give you as much help as
possible. If you knew of a blind person living near you, then they could give
you a hand or if you are on Skype and you need help, I'll help you
It took me about 3 days to get the worst of it over with and this without *any
assistance whatsoever, completely self taught.
On 2013-06-27, at 1:12 PM, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote:
of course it was a challenge at first. but honestly, how long was it before
you were using the iPhone
I'll confess, I never read the manual, I just played with it. But I had used
Pocket PC for Windows so I knew from friends who had iPhones to double tap.
But the On screen keyboard was a bugger to learn, I couldn't remember where the
letters were even though everything was laid out like a
Hi everyone,
Does anyone know of an accessible remote desktop connection program? This is
very important for my work. I would appreciate any and all suggestions.
Thanks. Nancy
Nancy Badger, Ph.D
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services
UT Chattanooga
Sent from my iPhone with dictation
Been there, done that, I couldn't remember where the letters wet either smile
and I never used pocket anything.
On 2013-06-27, at 1:34 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote:
I'll confess, I never read the manual, I just played with it. But I had used
Pocket PC for Windows so I knew from
Hello all,
I use a series of different formats in regards to reading books on the i
phone.
I use the audible app, I books, Read to go, voice stream and bard by the
national library service. I am also using my braille display to read
articles from the nfb website as well. I also
Hello everyone,
I have been an apple I Phone user Since October 31, 209. When I first
purchased my very first I Phone 3. g s. I had never texted anyone that I
knew with a smart phone. I didn't have the proper access to a smart phone
where I could text, send email or instant
This is just a thought. I recently experienced this when trying to update an
app, because iTunes had declined my payment method on a previous purchase. It
did not go away until I changed my payment method. NOt only that, but it
literally put a hold on my account. Meaning, I couldn't even
I agree, but what I want to see, is a keyboard that has the braille keys set
up like normal, not some crazy keys in rows thing or anything like that. I want
them, across the screen, straight across to be dot 3, 2, 1, 4, 5, 6, from left
to right. Can't this be done? Is there a real reason why
Hi,
I too am an iphone, ipad, mac user. As much as I enjoy my apple equipment, I
retain my windows 7 machine for the rare instance there is not a mac equivalent
for a windows program I may need at the time.
Pam Francis
On Jun 27, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Chenelle Hancock filmchenelle1...@gmail.com
Hi,
My drive checked with get info says it has 193 gb free space, i try to fit a
file on it of 83gb but finder stil says it does not have enough space on the
drive.
What might be the problem? Might finder not be accurate?
It is a drive ormatted with ntfs and i am using tuxera ntfs to read it.
Hello everyone. It took me a couple of weeks to get comfortable with the touch
screen. Once I realized that I could flick right and left instead of precisely
locating icons on the screen I was home free. Touch typing also helped a lot.
The only gesture I struggle with is the pinch gestures. I
*grin, seriously addicted grin.
On 2013-06-27, at 2:13 PM, Chenelle Hancock filmchenelle1...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello everyone,
I have been an apple I Phone user Since October 31, 209. When I first
purchased my very first I Phone 3. g s. I had never texted anyone that I
knew
Help, there. I too utilize iMac, iPhone and iPad almost exclusively. However, I
do have a windows 7 machine to convert notes from my victor reader stream to
mp3 with the human ware because Humanware does not have a mac version of their
conversion software. If they did, I'd never use windows.
On
Hi. I don't think they are all that strange. the table layout is a bit strange
but I could get used to it.
I think it's all about practise.
Blessings! Maria Joe and loving guide Karly.
Email/ I Message: fb bubbygirl1...@gmail.com
twitter: bubbygirl
skype: bubbygirl1972
is there any way i can download past purchases from more then one iTunes
account on a iPad or MacBook Pro
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Is there a dictionary app on macbook pro?
If so, how can I activate it to work?
Thank you in advance for any info.
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so, how is this done?
Shawn
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There is. Either look for it using Spotlight, open it from the applications
folder or Launchpad, or put your cursor on a word and press option-command-d.
Only the latter will look up a word; simply launching the app will require you
to type in the word you are looking for.
On Jun 27, 2013, at
Thanks Jane. I had looked into Bookshare, but would first need to get a letter
from my doc, and I think it was more costly than the amount of books I read in
a year, but it might be something I want to look into again.
On Jun 27, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote:
You can
They don't accept your registration with NLS?
Jane
On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:25 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks Jane. I had looked into Bookshare, but would first need to get a
letter from my doc, and I think it was more costly than the amount of books I
read in a
Thanks. for letting me know. Yeah, there are only so many hours in the day, and
while I did enjoy reading years ago, I always seem to be behind on all my other
content. I would like to thank Google Reader for going away, as I spent plenty
of time making sure all of my feeds got transferred.
HeY Juliette, I can definitely tell you they take their billing very seriously,
as I had some fraudulent charges on my debit cards, and one of them was to
iTunes. So of course, Apple froze my account. This was six months ago, but the
fun of getting my user name reactivated was a giant pain.
A quick search indicates that this problem usually happens when content (music,
books, an app update, or something else from the Apple servers) fails to
download. For instance, you might have an app that was updating but never
finished and is now stuck, or a media file that got interrupted. If
How do you find POI's around you with that? I've never had any luck with that.
On Jun 26, 2013, at 11:12 PM, Brian Fischler wrote:
Why not just use the built in Apple Maps? I used it really for the first time
today, told Siri the address and to get me directions from my current
location,
hello group; what would you recommend for recording Skype calls. I've been
wanting to start a video show, but I keep getting delayed; so I'm thinking why
not start doing the interviews i want to by Skype and calling them interviews
or profiles from the road. thanks in advance for your help,
Hi all
Under the latest version of Dropbox for the Mac, is there a way of pausing
syncing? I am having to connect to the internet via iPad hotspot and don't want
dropbox to be using up all my mobile data.
Garth
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HOw about just flicking the mute switch; does this work?
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Wow, that is a lot of books, especially if you bought them all. This is an
invite to anybody who wants them. I have a library of 9000 books, in mobi
format whitch is what the kindle reads, and epub whitch is what iBooks reads.
If anyone wants this collection, contact me off list
OH, let me also point out that you can add the epub books to iTunes and they
will show up in your collections section of iBooks once you choose and sink the
ones you want. The mobi whitch is for kindle cannot be imported, you actually
have to have a physical kindle to import them to your
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